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Location

MGER0065

Mt. Gerizim, probably 200-100 BCE, maybe 400-300 BCE. Limestone Block. Dedicatory.

Transcription

זי הקרב אלי עלוהי ועל אנתתה

Translation

[That whi]ch offered ’ly[... fo]r him and [his] w[ife ...

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The classical lapidary Aramaic script is most prominent in the tailless letters lamed and 'ayin. The letters ...]אלי at the end of the line are the beginning of the offerer's name, perhaps אליהו (Eliyahu).

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 28.0 cm; W: 51.0 cm; D: 27.0 cm

Date

400 BCE to 100 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • comb dressing inscribed face

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Magen, Yitzhak, Haggai Misgav, and Levana Tsfania. Mount Gerizim Excavations. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Jerusalem: Judea & Samaria Publications, 2004.
    Zotero
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